Designing #GunCrisis 2.0
The #GunCrisis team has been invited to participate this fall in the Philadelphia Social Innovations Lab, a program committed to promoting and nurturing innovation for social impact.
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Philadelphia CeaseFire hosting “A Game of Peace Basketball Tournament” Wednesday night in North Philadelphia
Above: Players compete in Philadelphia CeaseFire’s “A Game of Peace Basketball Tournament” last year. Photograph for the Gun Crisis Reporting Project by Jim MacMillan.
The next Philadelphia CeaseFire “A Game of Peace” tournament is almost here:
Wednesday, October 8th, from 6-9 p.m. at the Martin Luther King Recreation Center, at 2101 Cecil B. Moore Avenue in North Philadelphia.
Criminologist David Kennedy speaks at Cost of Violence Conference
Criminologist David Kennedy keynoted the second morning of the Cost of Violence National Conference, organized by Mothers in Charge last week in Philadelphia. Kennedy is the architect of the “focused deterrence” program, attributed with an estimated 50 percent reduction in gun violence last year in South Philadelphia.
Dramatic drop in South Philadelphia gun violence attributed to city’s Focused Deterrence program
The Philadelphia Inquirer has a report on the city’s Focused Deterrence initiative, now correlated with a 43 percent drop in South Philadelphia shootings this year, and with homicides reduced from 15 to 7
Homicides drop sharply in Philadelphia and New York, but unequal rates persist
Philadelphia may be within reach of a “modern-day low” for homicides at the end of 2013, according to Sunday’s Philadelphia Inquirer, which reported that 115 victims confirmed so far this year represent “the lowest midyear total in nearly half a century.” On Saturday, the New York Times reported a significant drop for the first half of…
Visiting photojournalist Nidaa Husain examines impact of gun violence in Philadelphia: Join us for the exhibit
For the past few weeks, South African photojournalist Nidaa Husain has been spending time with some of Philadelphia’s leading gun violence reduction groups, meeting survivors and those bereaved, and working together to share their stories in photographs. Husain, 24, of Johannesburg, is visiting on a fellowship from Temple University’s School of Media and Communication, and…
Weekend peace plan: Gun violence reduction and community events happening across the city
Last weekend, Philadelphia CeaseFire organized “A Game of Peace” at the MLK Recreation Center — and more community events are scheduled this weekend. Join a peace march beginning at 9 a.m. tomorrow and stick around for the family fun day at the Myers Recreation Center at 5800 Chester Avenue. U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and…